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Definition of Microcephalous
1. Adjective. Having an abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain. "A nanocephalic dwarf"
Partainyms: Microcephaly, Microcephaly, Nanocephaly
Derivative terms: Microcephaly, Microcephaly, Nanocephaly
Medical Definition of Microcephalous
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Microcephalous
Literary usage of Microcephalous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1908)
"Description of a microcephalous new-born pig in which the face and the fore-parts
of the brain were ..."
2. A Textbook of Nervous Diseases for Students and Practicing Physicians: In by Robert Bing, Charles Lewis Allen (1921)
"microcephalous Idiot. (Modeled after Life.) cases of family true microcephaly,
which is preserved in the Pathological Institute at Basle. ..."
3. Dynamic Sociology: Or Applied Social Science, as Based Upon Statical by Lester Frank Ward (1911)
"microcephalous skulls aro of quite frequent occurrence among the fossil remains
of prehistoric man found in different parts of the world. ..."
4. Dynamic Sociology: Or Applied Social Science by Lester Frank Ward (1897)
"microcephalous skulls are of quite frequent occurrence among the fossil remains
of prehistoric man found in different parts of the world. ..."
5. Dynamic Sociology, Or Applied Social Science, as Based Upon Statical by Lester Frank Ward (1894)
"microcephalous skulls are of quite frequent occurrence among the fossil remains
of prehistoric man found in different parts of the world. ..."
6. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1899)
"The mother gave birth to (1) a normal male, (2) a microcephalous boy, (3) triplets,
viz. a normal boy and microcephalous boy and girl, ..."
7. Manual of antenatal pathology and hygiene by John William Ballantyne (1904)
"... there was first a normal boy, then a microcephalous boy, then triplets (a
normal boy, ... then a microcephalous girl, and finally two normal children. ..."
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